Apple Pie Parfait Recipe

My family took a trip to a local apple orchard last week and had fun picking apples. We came home with big smiles and 15 pounds of golden delicious apples. We have lots of plans for using them like making dehydrated apple slices and a few jars of apple sauce. First though, we decided to cut some up and use them to make a delicious Apple Pie Parfait for an afternoon snack. My kids loved helping me put them together and eating them.

Fun Apple Tree ABC Match Preschool Printable

One of my favorite themes once school starts is apples. We have already had lots of apple fun, but I decided to make this Fun Apple Tree ABC Match Preschool Printable for my daughter to practice matching her uppercase and lowercase letters. We have quite the collection of these alphabet match games on the blog now, so if you have a preschooler or toddler working on mastering their alphabet make sure to check them out.   

Alphabet Apple Matching Printable for Preschoolers

My preschooler always has so much fun with the alphabet matching activities I make for her. Today I am over at Artsy Momma sharing this Alphabet Apple Matching Printable for Preschoolers that is perfect for Fall and will get your child excited about reviewing and learning their upper and lowercase letters. Stop by for the free printable and for some extra ideas on how you can use the blank version of the apple printable with your preschooler.

Paper Plate Apple Craft

We have been apple crazy this week! I am anxiously looking forward to Fall and cooler temperatures so we've been having fun getting a head start on all of our fall crafting. Today I am sharing with you a simple Paper Plate Apple Craft. Kids will adore adding the special touch of the cute little worm sticking out of the apple. In fact, you can move the worm up and down in the paper plate so it's makes for a fun way for kids to play after making the craft. 

Puffy Paint Apple Craft for Kids

Since apple trees are always loaded to the brim right when Fall time starts, it's the perfect time of the year to learn about apples and get your apple craft on. We have already made a few Apple Tree Crafts this year and now we are on to more apple fun. We mixed up some of our favorite puffy paint and made this simple Apple Craft for Kids. 

Apple Tree Kids Craft

At the end of summer every year or start of Fall, we always look forward to making an apple tree craft. It's been a tradition for several years now so I couldn't wait to get started this year. I made a quick survey of supplies in my craft closet and we came up with this colorful Apple Tree Kids Craft that is made with a paper plate, cardboard, tissue paper and buttons. It is super simple to make and is great for preschool through elementary age kids, so it's a perfect activity to make together as a family.

Apple Tree Kids Craft made with Packing Peanuts

One of my favorite things about getting a package in the mail, besides the actual item, is the fun packing material that often comes in the box. From bubble wrap to packing peanuts, there are so many fun crafts you can create using them. I recently received a box that had packing peanuts inside it and I happily stowed them away in a bag ready for a craft. Since Fall is right around the corner we decided to turn them into a pretty apple tree craft, perfect for the back to school season.  

Handprint Apple Tree Craft Tutorial

Apple Tree crafts are among my favorite in the fall and autumn season. I love the bright green colors mixed with the bold color of the red apples. I shared this Apple Tree craft at Brassy Apple last month, but wanted to make the tutorial available here as well. The handprint trunk makes this tree a special keepsake.     

Apple Tree Craft for Preschoolers

My daughter just turned 4 years old and so over the next year we'll be focusing on practicing skills that will help her to be ready for Kindergarten while we do crafts together. This Apple Tree Craft is so simple and incorporates practicing lots of those skills so it is perfect for preschoolers.

Apple Craft

Apples are one of my daughter's favorite snacks! She loves when we slice it open and she sees the fun star seed shape inside, so we decided to make this darling Apple Craft that gives a unique focus on the insides of an apple. The use of a clear plastic drink lid helps achieve an awesome dimensional look to the craft.

15 Fabulous Apple Tree Crafts

One of my favorite crafts that I look forward to every year as summer heads to an end is the popular Apple Tree Craft. As you start prepping for Johnny Appleseed Day in September and all things crisp, cool, and fun for Fall, check out these 15 Fabulous Apple Tree Crafts that are a must on your to-do list!

Handprint Apple Tree

It's that time of the month...I'm over at Brassy Apple and I couldn't be more excited about sharing our Handprint Apple Tree Craft! I hope you'll stop by to read about it.  :)

Apple Orchard Sensory Bin

One educational element I never used with my son's while they were toddler/preschool age is sensory bins. I didn't even know what they were a couple years ago but once I started seeing them on different blogs I fell in love with them. I am starting home preschool with my three year old and decided to finally get the ball rolling with sensory bins. Since we are currently learning about apples, I put together this Apple Orchard Sensory Bin for her.

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Supplies you will need:

• black beans
• mini red and green apples
• small metal tins (purchased at Walmart)
• 2 cardboard rolls
• green foam sheets
• circle velcro coins
• red, green and yellow glitter poms (we received ours from our friends at Craftprojectideas.com)
• scoop and mini tongs

How I Set up our Apple Sensory Bin:

I really wanted the sensory bin to have an apple orchard feel to it so I used black beans as my base to look like dark, rich soil. I picked up two small tins and mini fake apples in red and green that came in sets of 15 each. They were a bit of a splurge but they were the perfect size and I knew we would get great use out of them. I also know I will use the tins in the bin over and over again so they were a good investment.

Another piece of inspiration for the apple sensory bin was the book Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins . It is a MUST for a preschool apple unit! I decided to keep everything in the bin in sets of 10 to go along with the book, so there are 10 red apples, 10 green apples, and 10 apples on each of the apple trees.

There are several different activities you can do with this sensory bin. First, you can pick up the apples with tongs and sort them by color in the two bins.

The apple trees are also a fun activity. I made the trees by cutting out a tree shape from my green foam sheets. Then I cut slits on each side of my empty cardboard rolls and slide the tree down in the slits.

Next I used my circle Velcro pieces and attached 10 of the smooth sides on to each tree and 20 of the rough Velcro sides to all of my little apples. I used our red, green and yellow glitter poms from Craftprojectideas.com for the apples.

The little apple poms can be taken off and put back on the trees as many times as your child's heart desires. These trees also couple as a way to act out the "Ten Red Apples" book. I filled a tree with apples and as we read through the book she removed the apples from the tree when the book prompted her to.

I included a small scoop in the sensory bin so she could practice scooping all of the beans as well. She loves filling the cardboard rolls with beans and then lifting them up and watching all the beans fall out.

I definitely got a huge smile of approval on our first sensory bin! I am so excited to use them this year in our home preschool!!

Did you see our Cupcake Liner Apple Tree Craft?

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Cupcake Liner Apple Tree Craft

My toddler and I have been learning all about apples this week and we made this simple Cupcake Liner Apple Tree Craft to along with all the fun books we've been reading. They are so easy and fun to make!

Apple Tree Craft

I saw this fabulous idea on Pinterest from Dr Zachry's Blog for a tree craft and I've been dying to try it out. We made some changes and turned our craft into a beautiful Apple Tree to celebrate Autumn.  

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Supplies you will need:

• blue sheet of cardstock paper
• cardboard roll
• green tissue paper cut in squares
• scissors
• school glue
• green construction paper
• red buttons

Directions:

1. Cut your cardboard roll in half and use a generous amount of the school glue to put it in place on your blue cardstock paper.

   

2. After letting the cardboard roll dry, I drew the top of a tree shape in pencil above it and we scrunched up tissue paper squares and glued them down inside the tree shape.

3. Next we cut a strip of green construction paper for the grass and cut slits all the way down the strip. Glue it to the bottom of your paper on the sides of your tree.

4. Lastly, we glued on red buttons for the apples.

My son has been reviewing colors in Kindergarten this week, so it was a perfect opportunity to pick up Red Are the Apples by Wade Zahares  from the library. It is a fun book talking about where all the different colors are found in Fall.

We also enjoyed going on a color walk this morning, searching for every color of the rainbow. Such a fun way to review colors.

You might also enjoy our Fall Puzzle Tree Craft!

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